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The results of Loup Ventures annual "smarkt speaker IQ" test has now been published, and the surprise winner is Google Home. According to the results, Apple's HomePad and Siri bested Alexa and Cortana, which is quite a surprise. 800 questions was asked to the virtual assistants, and then graded based on whether the question was understood [...]

Marketers who use Bing Ads are now able to learn customers are thinking at every stage of their online journey through a new strategic partnership between Microsoft and Intent Lab. Intent Lab is a joint research unit of Performics and the Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, Media and Integrated Marketing Communications that studies the motivations behind [...]

Microsoft's vice president in charge of Cortana, Javier Soltero is leaving the company in December. Javier came to Microsoft in 2014 through an acquisition. Soltero, before being placed in charge of Cortana, created update versions of Outlook for iOS and Android. He was then chosen to lead the Cortana team since March. Currently, it's not clear what made [...]

The Redmond, Washington company, Microsoft is launching new apps and a range of new desktop news experiences, called Microsoft News, on MSN, the Edge browser and other Microsoft properties. With this new experience, it is a mix of publisher partnerships, algorithms and human editorial curation. These experiences not only seem to be well-designed apps that appear [...]

Microsoft, with their recent acquisition of Semantic Machines, is bolstering its commitment to conversational artificial intelligence (AI). This news was announced David Ku, Microsoft corporate vice president and chief technology officer for AI and research. According to Microsoft, the Berkeley-based technology company has created a “revolutionary” new approach to building AI. With this move, Microsoft underscores its [...]

Last week, Microsoft came out with a version of Cortana for the iPad. Cortana is already out for iPhone, but now, it has been optimized and released for the iPad screens. Not only that, it is reportedly "20 percent faster," according to the release notes. Compared to Google Assistant and Siri, Cortana can do essentially everything [...]

Google is rolling out the Assistant to more devices. Soon, it'll be available on Android tablets that run Nougat and Marshmallow, as well as smartphones running Lolliop. The folks in the US who are running English will be the first to get access. But, there will be a wide array of Android 5.0 smartphones (Lollipop) getting the [...]

A new travel app has been released by Microsoft, called Outings, for iOS and Android. The app, which was created by the Microsoft Garage Project, curates travel-specific content and images to assist users in finding potential travel destinations. “Whether you’re looking for a fun hike near town or planning your next vacation destination, often the hardest [...]

Back in September, the Microsoft Ignite event told us quite a lot about the direction technology is going, and how it will impact marketers. Two trends were emphasized by Microsoft, which will have a significant effect on marketers. The first is an effort to make artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning available to the masses. The other [...]

On the morning of August 30, Amazon and Microsoft announced that their virtual assistants are going to be working together. The two devices will have the ability to access each other: Alexa customers will be able to access Cortana’s unique features like booking a meeting or accessing work calendars, reminding you to pick up flowers on your [...]

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Put simply, Thrive is the best profit-building partner you’ll ever have! We are experts in marketing, sales, business leadership, and business efficiency. When you’re ready to do more than just succeed, you need to Thrive!